Monday, December 7, 2015

Liberal heartache: Socialists take a beating in Venezuela's election...

Venezuela's
opposition trounced the ruling Socialists on Sunday to win the
legislature for the first time in 16 years and gain a long-sought
platform to challenge President Nicolas Maduro's rule of the OPEC
nation.

The opposition Democratic
Unity coalition won 99 seats to the Socialists' 46 in the 167-national
National Assembly, the election board said, with some districts still to
be counted.

Fireworks were set off
in celebration in pro-opposition districts of Caracas when the results
were announced, while government supporters dismantled planned victory
parties.